22 About Your SystemWarning MessagesA warning message alerts you to a possible problem and prompts you torespond before the system continues a task. For example, before you format ahard drive, a message will warn you that you may lose all data on the harddrive. Warning messages usually interrupt the task and require you to respondby typing y (yes) or n (no).NOTE: Warning messages are generated by either the application or the operatingsystem. For more information, see the documentation that accompanied theoperating system or application.Diagnostics MessagesThe system diagnostic utilities may issue messages if you run diagnostic testson your system. See "Running the System Diagnostics" on page 111 for moreinformation about system diagnostics.Alert MessagesSystems management software generates alert messages for your system. Alertmessages include information, status, warning, and failure messages for drive,temperature, fan, and power conditions. For more information, see thesystems management software documentation.Timer chipcounter 2failed.Faulty system board. See "Getting Help" onpage 119.TPM failure. A TPM function has failed. See "Getting Help" onpage 119.Warning! Nomicro codeupdate loadedfor processor n.Micro code update failed. Update the BIOS firmware.See "Getting Help" onpage 119.NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see theGlossary on support.dell.com/manuals.Message Causes Corrective Actions
